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Neoclassicism
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Definition
An 18th–19th-century movement reviving classical Greek and Roman principles of proportion, symmetry, and order. Neoclassicism emphasized reason and classical ideals in reaction to baroque excess.
Example
The Panthéon in Paris (1789) by Jacques-Germain Soufflot features a neoclassical portico with classical orders, pediment, and dome.